Launched during the pre-COP21 conference “Our Common Future under Climate Change,” in July 2015, the European Hub is UCCRN’s first Regional Hub. Hosted at Université Gustave Eiffel and Sorbonne Université in Paris, and at University Federico II in Napoli, the Hub is co-directed by Prof. Mattia Federico Leone (UNINA), Prof. Bruno Barroca (UGE) and Dr. Chantal Pacteau at CNRS.

The UCCRN European Hub aims to promote integrated climate change responses based on knowledge-sharing and collaboration between global scholars, institutions, local governments, and industry while acknowledging the richness and diversity of Europe’s scientists and practitioners. Local and specific solutions are recognized as foundations for lasting solutions. The European Hub is involved in several research and educational projects and workshops to set a coordination and implementation agenda reflecting the highest priority climate and development issues that European cities face. Several researchers, public officials and practitioners of the Hub are actively involved as authors in the UCCRN ARC3 reporting series, representing local organizations and institutions, as well as international organization such as IPCC, UNEP and the World Bank.

UDCW Methodology

The UDCW methodology focuses on sequential and iterative phases that lead to the development of the project through a multi-disciplinary and multi-scale approach. All phases of the methodology are implemented with the support of UCCRN multidisciplinary experts and urban stakeholders, defining an intervention model that combines knowledge-sharing and co-design actions with urban decision-makers and local communities together with the development of simulations based on computational design tools to control the main indicators that determine the performance of buildings and open spaces in relation to climatic stress conditions.